What to see in downtown Houston

April 25, 2013 |By Syd Kearney/Compiled by Dana Guthrie

Take a day or a week and go on a sightseeing tour of the Bayou City

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Wortham Theater Center

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The Wortham Theater Center is home to the Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera. And folks around here are mighty proud of it. The Wortham was built for $74 million in the midst of one of the city's bleakest periods - the 1980s oil bust. All of the money came from private funds, making the 437,500-square-foot facility all the more impressive.
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Wortham Theater Center

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The Wortham Theater Center is home to the Houston Ballet and the Houston Grand Opera. And folks around here are mighty proud of it. The Wortham was built for $74 million in the midst of one of the city's bleakest periods - the 1980s oil bust. All of the money came from private funds, making the 437,500-square-foot facility all the more impressive.
501 Texas